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    <h2 id="expected-a--if-you-have-one-try-a--or-n-in-front-of-it">Expected
a <code>}</code>. If you have one, try a <code>;</code> or
<code>\n</code> in front of it.</h2>
<h3 id="problematic-code">Problematic code:</h3>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb1"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb1-1"><a href="SC1056.html#cb1-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#!/bin/bash</span></span>
<span id="cb1-2"><a href="SC1056.html#cb1-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">bar()</span> <span class="kw">{</span> <span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;hello world&quot;</span> }</span></code></pre></div>
<h3 id="correct-code">Correct code:</h3>
<div class="sourceCode" id="cb2"><pre class="sourceCode sh"><code class="sourceCode bash"><span id="cb2-1"><a href="SC1056.html#cb2-1" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="co">#!/bin/bash</span></span>
<span id="cb2-2"><a href="SC1056.html#cb2-2" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"></a><span class="fu">bar()</span> <span class="kw">{</span> <span class="bu">echo</span> <span class="st">&quot;hello world&quot;</span><span class="kw">;}</span></span></code></pre></div>
<h3 id="rationale">Rationale:</h3>
<p><code>}</code> is only recognized as the end of a command group when
it's a separate token.</p>
<p>If it's not a separate token, like in the problematic example, it
will be considered a literal character, as if writing
<code>echo "foo}"</code> with quotes, and therefore usually cause a
syntax error.</p>
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